A conference programme

A conference programme

Read the programme for a management conference to practise and improve your reading skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.

Preparation

Reading text

Morning programme

9.00–9.30

Conference opening
Dr Jon Martinez

9.30–10.45

Management styles
with Helena Clark

Consider the different management styles and how you can adapt yours to suit your team.

Giving feedback
with Amelia Novak

Explore the different ways to give feedback to maximise development.

Managing change
with Akira Yoshida

Help your employees deal with change and to see the positives change can bring.

10.45–11.15 Coffee break
11.15–12.30

Using storytelling in leadership communication
with Antoine Martin

Sometimes, the best way to communicate with your team is by telling stories. Find out how to do this in this workshop.

Leading small businesses
with Cheng Wei

How is leading small businesses different and how can leaders of small businesses bring success to their team?

Leading in uncertain times
with Omar Abboud

Uncertainty can affect the success of your team. Learn to bring confidence to your team in a time of uncertainty.

Afternoon programme

12.30–2.00 Lunch
2.00–3.15

Managing international projects
with Alisa Petrov

Consider how to ensure successful intercultural communication in your international teams.

 

Developing creative thinking in your team
with Mariana Silva

How can you get your team to think more creatively? Explore the different ideas that can help your team see things in a new way.

Conflict management
with Tracy Edwards

Conflict can create problems in your team, but managing conflict well can bring about development. Learn how to manage conflict in this workshop.

3.15–4.15 Group discussions
4.15–5.00 Conference closing
Dr Grace Moloney

 

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Submitted by IWonder on Sat, 10/04/2021 - 18:21

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Forgive me, but Alisa Petrov is not a suitable name. Alisa is a Russian female name and Petrov is a male surname. In Russia, surname's endings vary by gender. So you should use Petrova instead of Petrov.

Hi IWonder,

Thank you for the information. I live in Poland and many surnames here have masculine and feminine forms as well (Kowalski > Kowalska, for example). However, when Poles emigrate to another country their surnames generally stop changing in this way and become fixed in one form, even if it is not a correct form in the Polish language. Perhaps something similar has happened with Ms Petrov(a).

 

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

Submitted by Ahmad_khalid on Sat, 03/04/2021 - 16:19

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i think i would like to attend in different conferences such as: - using storytelling in leadership communication -conflict management

Submitted by desouza on Sat, 03/04/2021 - 13:24

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I would like to attend all of conference because I am not well at communitation with my team. I always consider by my self our problems because they are sometimes conflict each other.I need to learn how to be deal with older employees than me and how to change their lazy ideas and how I give them inspration. than you that contenct would be helped.

Submitted by TIa vinaka on Thu, 25/03/2021 - 02:06

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I'm interested in Management styles. because I would like to learn various management style.

Submitted by ELIZABETDC on Wed, 24/03/2021 - 15:03

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I would like to attend to differents conferences mainly these four: 1. Managing with change by Akira. 2. Leading in uncertain times by Omar. 3. Conflicts management by Tracy. 4. Developing creative thinking in your team by Mariana